Hegseth's Bruising 72-Hour Debut Overseas  —  It was a crash course in geopolitical realities as the new defense secretary stepped onto the world stage.  —  Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has had a rocky trip to Europe this week.  —  In his debut on the world stage, Mr. Hegseth told NATO …

Trump Suggests No Laws Are Broken if He's ‘Saving His Country’  —  President Trump shared a quotation on social media, making it clear it was one he wanted people to absorb: “He who saves his Country does not violate any Law.”  —  President Trump on Saturday posted on social media …

Trump Official Destroying USAID Secretly Met With Christian Nationalists Abroad in Defiance of U.S. Policy  —  ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power.  Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they're published.  —  Before Peter Marocco was selected …

Birthright Citizenship - A Response to Barnett and Wurman  —  In a recent New York Times op ed, legal scholars Randy Barnett and Ilan Wurman offer a partial defense of President Trump's executive order denying birthright citizenship to children of undocumented immigrants, and migrants in the US on temporary visas.

Justice Department fires multiple immigration judges amid case backlog  —  A union representing the judges said it “makes no sense” to make cuts to immigration courts as Trump promises to carry out mass deportations, which must go through the courts.  —  WASHINGTON — The Department …

How Trump's One-for-One Tariff Plan Threatens the Global Economy  —  In starting a process to impose reciprocal tariffs on American trading partners, the White House is sowing uncertainty and risking inflation.  —  Rows of cars waiting to be shipped at the Port of Tianjin in China.

ICE struggles to boost arrest numbers despite infusion of resources  —  Trump has ordered a wartime effort to increase deportations, but ICE statistics show arrests have dipped so far this month.  —  Since taking office, President Donald Trump has launched an all-of-government immigration crackdown …

Trump Officials Attack a German Consensus on Nazis and Speech  —  Vice President JD Vance and Elon Musk have challenged decades-long approaches to political extremism that were designed to prevent another Hitler.  —  The American vice president visited a concentration camp on Thursday afternoon.

NAACP lists companies that dump DEI in its tactical spending guide for Black Americans  —  The NAACP wants Black Americans to steer their buying power toward companies that haven't pulled back from diversity, equity and inclusion programs under conservative pressure, and the nation's oldest …

Ed Department: DEI Violates Civil Rights Law  —  In a sweeping and unprecedented letter issued over the weekend, the Office for Civil Rights declared race-based scholarships, cultural centers and even graduation ceremonies illegal.  —  The Education Department's Office for Civil Rights declared …

Venting at Democrats and Fearing Trump, Liberal Donors Pull Back Cash  —  Demoralized donors are frustrated with Democrats' failings and worried about retribution from the president.  Their frugality has left liberal groups struggling to fight the new administration.

Citing DoD order, Md. National Guard to skip Frederick Douglass event  —  The guidance bars military departments from using official resources to support cultural awareness months.  —  The Maryland National Guard has declined to participate in a parade to honor the life and legacy of abolitionist …

Musk accused Reuters of ‘social deception.’ The deception was his.  —  Trump's DOGE chief mischaracterizes a contract as he marshals “deep state” conspiracy theories to justify cuts to federal agencies.  —  The actor and director Ron Howard posted Wednesday on X an article …

Musk, Trump Establish New Era of Kleptocracy in America  —  A third dispatch comparing how the US media would cover this moment if it was happening overseas  —  American institutions, from the media to civil society to Congress and state capitals, continue to underreact to the unraveling of our democracy.

US Forest Service and National Park Service to fire thousands of workers  —  Agencies say Trump's latest push to trim government could impede firefighting efforts and create crises at national parks  —  The US Forest Service is firing about 3,400 recent hires while the National Park Service …

Musk and Trump are stopping the distribution of live-saving aid and firing anybody who tells the public about it  —  These people are just cartoonishly evil:  —  A new internal memo circulating inside the U.S. Agency for International Development neatly captures this split.

Israel receives shipment of heavy bombs cleared by Trump  —  Israel has received a shipment of heavy MK-84 bombs from the United States, after U.S. President Donald Trump lifted a block imposed on the export of the munitions by the administration of predecessor Joe Biden, the defence ministry said on Sunday.

Trump administration wants to un-fire nuclear safety workers but can't figure out how to reach them  —  The workers, whose agency oversees the nation's nuclear stockpile, had been fired on Thursday and lost access to their federal government email accounts.  —  WASHINGTON — National Nuclear …

Top state Democrat calls on Adams to resign as party leaders convene for caucus weekend  —  Pressure is mounting on Gov. Kathy Hochul to remove Adams as thousands of Democrats gather in Albany for annual convention.  —  ALBANY, New York — Mayor Eric Adams didn't attend the annual caucus weekend in Albany …

Ahead of Workers' Union Vote, “Amazon Mobilized an Army”  —  Today 4,000 Amazon workers at a North Carolina warehouse will finish voting on a union.  Employees say the company “mobilized an army” ahead of the election, siccing local police on organizers and trying to pit black and Hispanic workers against each other.